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"the wars of afghanistan." it is definitive work and fascinating to understand the region that is so critical to our national security. thank you very much to jane harmon, nine term congresswoman, how select intelligence committee and the ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. >>> coming up, secretary clinton lashes out at syria after pro government forces mob the u.s. embassy. we're on the scene in damascus next. >> u.s. officials slammed the syrian regime today as tension between the countries reaches a new high. secretary of state hillary clinton had her strongest criticism of president assad yet. >> president assad is not indispensable and we have nothing invested in him remaining in power. our goal is to see that the will of the syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs. >> this, after protesters attacked the u.s. embassy in syria. arwa damon is in damascus and joins us with the latest. arwa, secretary of state clintden said we really have no interest in assad. we want the
"the wars of afghanistan." it is definitive work and fascinating to understand the region that is so critical to our national security. thank you very much to jane harmon, nine term congresswoman, how select intelligence committee and the ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. >>> coming up, secretary clinton lashes out at syria after pro government forces mob the u.s. embassy. we're on the scene in damascus next. >> u.s. officials slammed the...
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. >>> well, a marine serving in afghanistan just proves that all you have to do is ask and you shall receive. >> you just never know. sergrgnt scott moore posted a youtube invited "black swan" star mila kunis to attend. with the urging of his co-star justin timberlake she said yes. >> worthy date. i think that's great. >>> coming up next the stories we'll follow later on today from the friends and dig thatties who say good-bye to betty ford. "atlantis" astronauts.ask of the we'll be right back. to deal with the sadness, the loss of interest, the lack of energy. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about pristiq -- a prescription medicine proven to treat depression. pristiq is thought to work by affecting the levels of two chemicals in the brain -- serotonin and norepinephrine. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, teens, and young adults. pristiq is not approved for children under 18. do not take pristiq with maois. taking pr
. >>> well, a marine serving in afghanistan just proves that all you have to do is ask and you shall receive. >> you just never know. sergrgnt scott moore posted a youtube invited "black swan" star mila kunis to attend. with the urging of his co-star justin timberlake she said yes. >> worthy date. i think that's great. >>> coming up next the stories we'll follow later on today from the friends and dig thatties who say good-bye to betty ford....
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. >>> time for the shot, courtesy of marine sergeant scott moore stationed in musa qala, afghanistan. he posted a video on youtube and asked mila kunis to go to a marine corp ball in november. >> hey, i'm sergeant moore, but you can call me scotty. i want to take a moment out of my day to invite you to the marine corps ball on november 18th in greechbville, north carolina, with yours truly. take a second, think about it and get back to me. bye-bye now. >> mila is out promoting her new movie and with some prompting from her co-star she's agreed to go. how cool is that? >> very cool. only a marine could pull that off. it has to be said. there's a lot of swagger going on. >> i met her recently and she's incredibly cool. she's really nice. i think it's so cool. that's really planning ahead on his part. very clever of him. >> men all over the country now sitting in front of their webcams making their videos about to send them out. >> no doubt about that. >> don't do it. >> thanks. >>> more to come. back to the serious stuff. did you see the interview with kidnapping victim jaycee dugard? i
. >>> time for the shot, courtesy of marine sergeant scott moore stationed in musa qala, afghanistan. he posted a video on youtube and asked mila kunis to go to a marine corp ball in november. >> hey, i'm sergeant moore, but you can call me scotty. i want to take a moment out of my day to invite you to the marine corps ball on november 18th in greechbville, north carolina, with yours truly. take a second, think about it and get back to me. bye-bye now. >> mila is out...
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it's only tuesday but it's already been quite a week region and for relations between pakistan and afghanistan and the u.s. and i while the cars i have rather afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by a close associate today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth until they see more results in pakistan's fight against the taliban but apparently that has not stopped us from launching air strikes in the country three separate missile strikes reported in pakistan in a matter of less than twelve hours and those killed at least thirty eight alleged militants now the reaction from pakistani officials has been rather mixed but offense minister saying that pakistan could pull back troops fighting near the afghan border if the aid really is cut off all the army issued a statement saying that no problem they can do it on their own so they gave me here it continues but where
it's only tuesday but it's already been quite a week region and for relations between pakistan and afghanistan and the u.s. and i while the cars i have rather afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by a close associate today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth...
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and allies in afghanistan. many prominent people like ahmad wali karzai have been killed in kandahar and the north. protecting those people has been extremely difficult. i think that is the concern. absent the feeling of stability, not just for power brokers and warlords, but for ordinary citizens. >> is the political threat crowing? >> when the senior officials add up the numbers, it is about the same as last year, but there are some very -- the most powerful, the police chief, warlord, if you will, in the north, was recently assassinated. that sent shivers in the north, where i also visited. there is a greater stability, but there is a sense that the people who are in charge are targets. >> david ignatius, thank you for joining us. now to the hacking scandal which continues to spread in great britain. "news of the worldwent even further = = -- "news of the world" went even further, according to gordon brown. >> there is some flash photography. >> here is gordon at downing street. on the top is rebekah brooks.
and allies in afghanistan. many prominent people like ahmad wali karzai have been killed in kandahar and the north. protecting those people has been extremely difficult. i think that is the concern. absent the feeling of stability, not just for power brokers and warlords, but for ordinary citizens. >> is the political threat crowing? >> when the senior officials add up the numbers, it is about the same as last year, but there are some very -- the most powerful, the police chief,...
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not afghanistan. not al qaeda. but our debt. since january, 2009, $3.7 trillion has been added to the national debt. current our debt stands at $14.3 trillion. and i'm told if you add in the cost, the present day cost of all the promises that irresponsible people who stood here before me have made to the american people, that the cost would be over $70 trillion. many americans, including this one, can't even conceptualize that. can't count that high. and that's not their fault. that's this body's fault. there's a lot of fear mongering going on by people who want us to spend more. they have seen these tactics work in the past. bank bailouts. massive spending bills. even if the calamity forecast was to come to pass, it doesn't change the fact that the debt crisis we face is our fiscal sin. generations before ours and ours are responsible for it. not my kids. not your kids. and not our grandchildren. and if addressing it hurts in the short term, then i say, so be it. i reject the idea that we would pass this mess on to our kids for
not afghanistan. not al qaeda. but our debt. since january, 2009, $3.7 trillion has been added to the national debt. current our debt stands at $14.3 trillion. and i'm told if you add in the cost, the present day cost of all the promises that irresponsible people who stood here before me have made to the american people, that the cost would be over $70 trillion. many americans, including this one, can't even conceptualize that. can't count that high. and that's not their fault. that's this...
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purpose because there are some chiefs of those units we see here who are known for having fought in afghanistan in bosnia and herzegovina in chechnya you know iraq syria or libya some of them in the meantime had in the eighteen four years in guantanamo created by the united states and brought on this body to continue their fight so here the technique is always the same. cities which are easy just apply either on the coast or on the border and then they spread terror in the town with snipers but they made spectacular crimes of violence and barbarians which steer the whole population and they announced the creation of an islamic emirate in the city or the eighty's to create that which can be used after to penetrate further inside the country you can check and see happening like that one because for example in syria there have been there is comfort zones actually oldest sons are located on the border there has never been any inside look at that absolutely never and here in libya the events are we should we can also coastal areas allowing supplies and preventing. from being surrounded has internati
purpose because there are some chiefs of those units we see here who are known for having fought in afghanistan in bosnia and herzegovina in chechnya you know iraq syria or libya some of them in the meantime had in the eighteen four years in guantanamo created by the united states and brought on this body to continue their fight so here the technique is always the same. cities which are easy just apply either on the coast or on the border and then they spread terror in the town with snipers but...
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very powerful figure in southern afghanistan and a very controversial one. he's the head of the provincial council, which on its own would make him the man controlling the area. both because of his connections to the president and a lot of associations -- he made things happen in kandahar province, which is the real former stronghold of the taliban. he has a lot of enemies, both among the insurgency and also among the various criminal networks that work in that area. he himself has been accused of drug ties, criminal ties, and even of being on the payroll of the cia. all things that ahmad wali karzai denies. he has a very murky reputation. it's hard to know, even though the taliban claims responsibility, what happened and who is behind it. host: how does the u.s. view him? guest: the u.s. has most recently seen him as an unsolvable problem. he has been a friend to the u.s. for a long time. because he has been someone who has been hard to bring on board with some of the programs to develop the province, to work with the military -- no one says this directly,
very powerful figure in southern afghanistan and a very controversial one. he's the head of the provincial council, which on its own would make him the man controlling the area. both because of his connections to the president and a lot of associations -- he made things happen in kandahar province, which is the real former stronghold of the taliban. he has a lot of enemies, both among the insurgency and also among the various criminal networks that work in that area. he himself has been accused...
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. -- in iraq or afghanistan. sergeant first class petrie's story is one of courage and sacrifice and immense love of country. it's a story that began years ago in santa fe with a young plan who struggled in high school but refused to give up and instead buckled down, dug deep, and found the hero within. a hero to the men he saved on that fateful day in afghanistan and a hero to all americans who owe their freedoms to our brave men and women in uniform. it's the story that day in may of 2008 that i'd like to tell you about today. sergeant first class petrie was a member of the 75th ranger religious when he and -- regimen when he and his fellow soldiers were to capture. they were engaged in a fire fight when several in their regimen were pinned down by grenades. petrie had already been wounded by bullet fishings shot through both legs by a hidden enemy. but he didn't a how his wounds to stop him. pinned inside a courtyard with a fellow ranger, he continued the fight calling in support and creating a brief pause in
. -- in iraq or afghanistan. sergeant first class petrie's story is one of courage and sacrifice and immense love of country. it's a story that began years ago in santa fe with a young plan who struggled in high school but refused to give up and instead buckled down, dug deep, and found the hero within. a hero to the men he saved on that fateful day in afghanistan and a hero to all americans who owe their freedoms to our brave men and women in uniform. it's the story that day in may of 2008...
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not just from iraq and afghanistan, but we have half a million troops in bases across the world. >> piers: how many do the chinese have? >> none. they don't have troops. because they know this is not the way you achieve agemny in this world. >> piers: i did a documentary in shanghai recently. fascinating time to be out there. this dynamism that you felt along the city. one frosting young multi millionaire, 125,000 millionaires in shanghai alone. >> how many. >> 125,000 millionaires in shanghai. he said i don't want to kill you. i don't want to take over your land. i want to sell you a duvet. i want to tell you everything in your home but i don't want to kill you. >> that's how they will be number one. they are building $300 billion of high speed rail. this country trying to get the money to build, i think it's $8 billion. they want to lay it between l.a. and las vegas, which i think it's funny that those are the two cities that have to be connected ed connected, but we have none. >> piers: i'm going to ask you which of these two people have the best chance of putting america back on its f
not just from iraq and afghanistan, but we have half a million troops in bases across the world. >> piers: how many do the chinese have? >> none. they don't have troops. because they know this is not the way you achieve agemny in this world. >> piers: i did a documentary in shanghai recently. fascinating time to be out there. this dynamism that you felt along the city. one frosting young multi millionaire, 125,000 millionaires in shanghai alone. >> how many. >>...
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i got some cost-benefit analysis on infrastructure in afghanistan and some of the other things that they are for. i think it is a reasonable thing to do. as long as the cost includes, of course, the financial crisis of -- and the lost revenue and jobs and turmoil. that's the cost. the cost is the terrible crisis we had. although -- i notice that alan sloan has come out with a thorough analysis that is going to be printed in "fortune" about how much money we made over the intervention, the combination of the tarp and the federal reserve and made about $100 billion for the federal government. >> [inaudible] just as a related question, you talked about the bailout being over. if -- are we really to believe that -- >> i will not comment on any financial institution. you get to be chairman or you're a ranking member and you have more nevertheless but you have got to shut up some. my first couple of weeks, i talked like a normal person. here i am affecting the market. so obviously i don't want to talk about citi. i will say this. the reason i say bailout is this. if you mean the kind of interv
i got some cost-benefit analysis on infrastructure in afghanistan and some of the other things that they are for. i think it is a reasonable thing to do. as long as the cost includes, of course, the financial crisis of -- and the lost revenue and jobs and turmoil. that's the cost. the cost is the terrible crisis we had. although -- i notice that alan sloan has come out with a thorough analysis that is going to be printed in "fortune" about how much money we made over the intervention,...